Re: Re: More about ATI
Why not see for yourself? Look at the log file /var/log/syslog (root
access required)
Search for lines similar to these:
{timestamp hostname} kernel: [ 7.531710] [drm] Loading R200 Microcode
{timestamp hostname} kernel: [ 7.531719] platform radeon_cp.0:
firmware: requesting radeon/R200_cp.bin
{timestamp hostname} kernel: [ 7.661726] radeon_cp: Failed to load
firmware "radeon/R200_cp.bin"
{timestamp hostname} kernel: [ 7.661801] [drm:r100_cp_init] *ERROR*
Failed to load firmware!
{timestamp hostname} kernel: [ 7.661878] radeon 0000:01:00.0:
failled initializing CP (-2).
{timestamp hostname} kernel: [ 7.661953] radeon 0000:01:00.0:
Disabling GPU acceleration
It's likely that you'll also find a notice that a switch was made from
AGP mode to PCI mode.
My graphics card is of the Radeon 9200 series, which uses the R200
chipset. After this (from my synaptic log):
"Installed the following packages:
firmware-linux-nonfree (0.28+squeeze1)"
that error was gone, and framerates of 3D applications improved a lot,
like 4-5 times as high as before at higher resolutions. That says it
all.
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